diff --git a/apps/app_controlplayback.c b/apps/app_controlplayback.c
index 80df5926de13c3f4ed3fe702fa2f8a53f2efd6a3..edf10a18202e7fe189104d1afbf084b917b9c349 100644
--- a/apps/app_controlplayback.c
+++ b/apps/app_controlplayback.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int controlplayback_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 
 	if (args.options) {
 		ast_app_parse_options(cpb_opts, &opts, opt_args, args.options);		
-		if (ast_test_flag(&opts, OPT_OFFSET) && !ast_strlen_zero(opt_args[OPT_ARG_OFFSET]))
+		if (ast_test_flag(&opts, OPT_OFFSET))
 			offsetms = atol(opt_args[OPT_ARG_OFFSET]);
 	}
 
diff --git a/main/app.c b/main/app.c
index fd286fa172dbf1b41cca9b67dab1e2a044b041ab..4fda65ce0d91fe0d762449ac5741247e425afbe8 100644
--- a/main/app.c
+++ b/main/app.c
@@ -1608,7 +1608,6 @@ int ast_app_parse_options(const struct ast_app_option *options, struct ast_flags
 	s = optstr;
 	while (*s) {
 		curarg = *s++ & 0x7f;	/* the array (in app.h) has 128 entries */
-		ast_set_flag(flags, options[curarg].flag);
 		argloc = options[curarg].arg_index;
 		if (*s == '(') {
 			/* Has argument */
@@ -1625,6 +1624,8 @@ int ast_app_parse_options(const struct ast_app_option *options, struct ast_flags
 		} else if (argloc) {
 			args[argloc - 1] = NULL;
 		}
+		if (!argloc || !ast_strlen_zero(args[argloc - 1]))
+			ast_set_flag(flags, options[curarg].flag);
 	}
 
 	return res;